Cooking range



April 27 1926.

W. W. WOODS COOKING RANGE Filed Sept. 6. 1924 WITNESSES ATTORNEY Fatenteol Apr, 27, 192

XVILLIAM VIESLEY VIOODS, 0J3 SPRINGEIELD, MISSOURI.

COOKING arms.

Application filed Eeptenrber To all whom may concern:

lie it known that I, lVrnni'AM 'lVnsnnY oops, a citizen of the United States, residing; at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooking Rangesof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking ranges, and has for its primary object therprovision of a range so constructed as to utilize a large portion of the heat which is normally wasted. I

A further object of the invention is to provide means for conducting and directing heat generated by the front burners of the range so'that it becomes e rective to heat the back plates and the oven, whereby it is possible to cook on the back part of the stove with only the two front burners lighted.

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will become apparent as the descripr tion proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination of elements and arrangements of parts hereinafter to be fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cooking range embodying the invention, a portion of the top being; broken away to disclose details of construction; j

Figure is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a portion of the ange; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged detailview partly in section of: the heat conducting and directing flue.

Referring to the specific illustrative embodiment of the invention illustrated in the aceonuianying drawing, wherein like reference numerals refer to similar parts through the several views, the cooking range 1 includes suitable legs 2, and set on the legs is a substantially rectangular base 3, upon a portion of which is supported the broiling oven l, and the baking oven 5. The oven walls are of double formation to provide an air space 6, between the outcr wall 7 and ;he lining 8, which extends entirely around the sides, back and top of the oven. The back wall 5) is of the same length as the base 3 and extends a short distance above the top of the oven. Supported by the oven side wall 7, the back wall Sand end wall 10, is the solid top plate 11 which overlies the heating elements or burners (not shown) 6, 192 1M Serial No, T236528.

diameter), having one of its ends perma- 1 nently closed by cap 18 fitting'tightly thereor and secured by brackets or hangers 19 to the rmderside of top 11 adjacent the rear of the back plates 15. A plurality ofalincd openings 20 are pro itled on the front side of the tube 17, and the open upturned end 21 of the tube extends through the wall 7 into the airspace 6. Collar 22 secured around the periphery of aperture 23 in the top wall 24 of the oven 5 is provided for connecting the range by a pipe to the fine of the house in which it is installed, in order to obtain sui'iicient draft to insure the desired circulation of heated air within the range.

In. the practice of the invention, it has been found that the use of the two front burners of the range in the usual cooking operations, soon heats the roar plates or covers, by reason of the draft through the back fine 16 and air space 6, so that the back part of the stove may be used for-cooking without lighting the back burners. The burning of the front burners due to the direction of the surplus heat by the back flue into the space 6 will also heat the baking oven under ordinary conditions to about 160 degrees Fahrenheit, and maintain it at that temperature as long as the burners are lighted, and this without the use of the oven burners.

It will thus be seen that this construction whereby the heat from the front burnersis drawn directly under the rear plates into the back flue, and is then directed into the air space (3 about the oven lining, will greatly decrease the an'io'unt of fuel necessary to carry on a given amount of cooking, as it usually impossible to prepare a con'iplote meal with only two burners.

' What is claimedis 1. The combination with a cooking ran e includingburners, a top plate overlying said burners, and a double walled oven, of an apertured flue arranged beneath said plate in rear of the front burners, \vith' the apertures'in said flue "facing said burners soas to conduct the heat therefrom, the inner open end of said flue diselmrging into thespaee between the Walls of said even, the other end of the. flue being closed.

2. The coinbinr-ition with a cooking range,

having burners, and a top' pl ate' overlying ii the burners, of a perforated tube supported beneath said plate, with the perforations facing: the front bni 'ners's'o as to eonduet the heat therefrom.

'3. The combination W'itha cooking range tube having: spaced alined apertures in its -5t'ront side tuning theiront burners and sup ported beneath said plate at the rear, means t'orciosing one end of said tube, its other end being open and upturned and dischargin'ggbetumen thewalls ot' the oven.

In testimony, that I claim the fOl'GWEillQf as my own, I-have hereto aflixed my sign:-

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\VILLIAM WESLEY WOODFt. 

